1. Introduction to Culture
World Cultural Geography

2. What is it?
Culture
Is the total of knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors shared by and passed on by the members of a specific group.
Factors of culture include:
Food and shelter, religion, relationships to family and others, language, education, security/protection, political and social organization, creative expression.

10. Culture Cultural hearth Acculturation Assimilation
This is a site of innovation from which basic ideas, materials, and technology diffuse to many cultures.
Acculturation
This occurs when a society changes because it accepts or adopts an innovation.
Assimilation
This is when people who enter a new culture shed their previous beliefs and take on the beliefs of the new culture

12. What is it? Society Ethnic group
group that shares a geographic region, a sense of identity, and a culture
Ethnic group
refers to a specific group that shares language, customs, and a common heritage.

13. Language
Language is extremely important in culture as it allows for communication.
Its estimated that between 3,000 and 6,500 languages are spoken across the world.
Dialect
This is an example of changes in speech patterns related to class, region, or other cultural changes.

15. Language Language Diffusion- This is the spread of language.
This can happen as people interact with each other.
Trade Routes, Business Partners, Creation of New Language, Migration

16. Culture Connection Poster
Every person in your group needs to write their name on the poster. Large and with space around it
Near your name write a fact about your culture that is different then everyone in your group
Find cultural facts that are similar with members in the group and write and connect them
Education, family, religion, ethnicity, language, food, traditions, technology, art, sports

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